Plum

#e4aed1

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for plum, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Plum is a light pink, open and easy to pair. Light pinks like this suit beauty, baby and lifestyle work. It works with sage and olive for balance, or with cream for a gentle palette.

Plum color values

Every conversion for #e4aed1, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#e4aed1

RGB228, 174, 209

HSL321, 50%, 79%

HSV321, 24%, 89%

CMYK0%, 24%, 8%, 11%

Lab76.9, 25.21, -10.06

XYZ58.64, 51.37, 67.15

Decimal14986961

Web safe#cc99cc

Pantone515 C

Shades of plum

#db92c1 #d176b1 #c85aa2 #be3f91 #a2367c #862d67 #6b2452 #4f1a3c #331127 #170812

Tints of plum

#e6b5d5 #e9bcd9 #ebc2dd #edc9e0 #efd0e4 #f2d7e8 #f4ddec #f6e4f0 #f8ebf4 #fbf2f7

Colors that go with plum

Complementary#aee4c1 Analogous#dcaee4 Analogous#e4aeb6 Triadic#d1e4ae Triadic#aed1e4 Split complementary#b6e4ae Split complementary#aee4dc

Plum in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 0, 24, 8, 11.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #e4aed1 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 24 8 11

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 26 11 17

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Plum in css

Copy #e4aed1 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #e4aed1; }
.text { color: #e4aed1; }
.border { border: 2px solid #e4aed1; }

How plum looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Plum and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #e4aed1 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #e4aed1 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Plum on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #e4aed1 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around plum? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn plum into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #e4aed1 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from plum, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Here is how the numbers for #e4aed1 are worked out. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. The coated and uncoated cmyk builds differ because uncoated stock absorbs more ink and gains dot, so the same color needs a heavier, slightly duller build on press. The Pantone value is the closest reference by perceptual color distance and should be treated as a starting point, not a guaranteed match.